A quick word
Bliss is driving Auckland’s roads during the Christmas/New Year break, with few cars on the road. May I respectfully ask all the holidaymakers who left Auckland over this summer break to make their exodus a permanent one.
Graham Fleetwood, Botany Downs.
On behalf of Kiwi shoppers a big thank you and a mighty welcome to Sue Chetwin and her team readying themselves to take on the supermarket duopoly (NZ Herald, January 3). If this lobby group is successful maybe we’ll have a blueprint for keeping banks in line.
Emma Mackintosh, Birkenhead.
Every year there are often comments about those who receive honours and those who don’t.
Do we realise that anyone can nominate anyone for an honour. All you need to do is fill in the form with a few accompanying words of wisdom.
For those that are contemplating nominating this writer, unfortunately you’re too late, again. the King’s Birthday list has already closed. Reg Dempster, Albany.
I am aware that costs involved with TV coverage of live sporting events [are high] and that providers (in this instance Sky TV) need to trim their costs to make their business model work. I am, however, dismayed at the poor production properties of Sky’s ASB Classic coverage; particularly the longdistance commentary, seemingly done in England. I was delighted, though, to learn from that commentator that Auckland is New Zealand’s capital city. Colin Rippey, Mellons Bay.
Please don’t blame the roads for the amount of crashes. How absolutely ridiculous to do so. Not wearing seatbelts, speeding, drugs, alcohol, texting and lack of concentration are the main factors. Who out there has a degree in common sense? I’m very nervous.
Lynley Cullinane, Burnside.
How on earth can the Auckland Council noise control measures be so ineffective that a single person can accumulate 65 complaints?
Andy Watkins, Titirangi.
There soon will be an Australian on the Danish throne. I wonder how this will affect the Australian public regarding their thoughts and actions on disclaiming royalty and entertaining republicanism?
Tony Lawson, Northland.
Pigs left to graze in open paddocks and in balanced numbers behave like any clean, grazing animals.
But crowded into muddy holding pens and sties where they slobber for their food, they are forced to “live like pigs”. No different, recent music festival revellers similarly ended up battling mud and mess when crowded into grounds when grass becomes trampled. Mud is our national treasure! Rob Buchanan, Kerikeri.
Like Fletcher Hawkesby, I too had testicular cancer. I was living in the UK and had experimental treatment under Professor Oliver at London Hospital. A young registrar — Dr Blair McClaren — was in the department.
Blair is now the head oncologist in Dunedin who deals with testicular cancer.
To cut a long story short, 30 years later the cancer relapsed and I was sent to Dunedin Hospital presenting with a rare form of encephalitis. The treatment I received by Blair and his team was miraculous. My brother, a cancer radiologist in South Africa, described it as “gold star” treatment. We in New Zealand are really fortunate to be able to treat this common, deadly cancer and save many lives. Dr Alan Papert, Queenstown.